Decorating Anderson's downtown Christmas tree

Anderson County employees hung Christmas ornaments and lights on Wednesday that other county employees had made for the tree in downtown Anderson. The tree's lights will go on Friday at 6 p.m.

Anderson County building and grounds tech Lloyd Jackson hangs one of the 80 new gumdrop ornaments that county employees made this year for the downtown Christmas tree. The tree's lights will go on for the first time Friday at 6 p.m.

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Anderson County building and grounds tech Lloyd Jackson hangs one of the 80 new gumdrop ornaments on Wednesday that county employees made this year for the downtown Christmas tree. The tree's lights will go on for the first time Friday at 6 p.m.

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Anderson County building and grounds tech Donnie Howard fixes a strand of Christmas lights in a dark spot of the downtown Christmas tree on Wednesday. The tree's lights will go on for the first time Friday at 6 p.m.

Anna Bard Brutzman/Independent Mail

Anderson County building and grounds workers Lloyd Jackson and Larry Strickland hang one of the 80 new gumdrop ornaments on Wednesday that county employees made this year for the downtown Christmas tree. The tree's lights will go on for the first time Friday at 6 p.m.

Anderson County building and grounds techs Donnie Howard, Lloyd Jackson and Larry Strickland decorate the downtown Anderson Christmas tree on Wednesday. County employees made the ornaments for the tree, whose lights will be turned on for the first time Friday at 6 p.m.

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Anderson County building and grounds tech Lloyd Jackson hangs one of the 80 new gumdrop ornaments on Wednesday that county employees made this year for the downtown Christmas tree. The tree's lights will go on for the first time Friday at 6 p.m.

Anna Bard Brutzman/Independent Mail

Anderson County building and grounds tech Donnie Howard fixes a strand of Christmas lights in a dark spot of the downtown Christmas tree on Wednesday. The tree's lights will go on for the first time Friday at 6 p.m.

Anna Bard Brutzman/Independent Mail

Anderson County building and grounds tech Lloyd Jackson hangs one of the 80 new gumdrop ornaments on Wednesday that county employees made this year for the downtown Christmas tree. The tree's lights will go on for the first time Friday at 6 p.m.

Anna Bard Brutzman/Independent Mail

Anderson County building and grounds techs Lloyd Jackson and Larry Strickland hang gumdrop ornaments on Wednesday that county employees made this year for the downtown Christmas tree. The tree's lights will go on for the first time Friday at 6 p.m.

Anna Bard Brutzman/Independent Mail

Anderson County building and grounds techs Lloyd Jackson and Larry Strickland hang gumdrop ornaments on Wednesday that county employees made this year for the downtown Christmas tree. The tree's lights will go on for the first time Friday at 6 p.m.

Anderson County building and grounds tech Donnie Howard fixes a strand of Christmas lights in a dark spot of the downtown Christmas tree on Wednesday. The tree's lights will go on for the first time Friday at 6 p.m.